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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْكَلِّف

to cost

  • #277 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI cost
إِنْتَyou cost (to a man)
إِنْتِyou cost (to a woman)
هُوَّhe costs
هِيَّshe costs
إِحْنَاwe cost
إِنْتُوyou all cost
هُمَّthey cost

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI cost
إِنْتَyou cost (to a man)
إِنْتِyou cost (to a woman)
هُوَّhe cost
هِيَّshe cost
إِحْنَاwe cost
إِنْتُوyou all cost
هُمَّthey cost

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will cost
إِنْتَyou will cost (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will cost (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will cost
هِيَّshe will cost
إِحْنَاwe will cost
إِنْتُوyou all will cost
هُمَّthey will cost

After want, must and can

المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَا(that) I cost
إِنْتَ(that) you cost (to a man)
إِنْتِ(that) you cost (to a woman)
هُوَّ(that) he costs
هِيَّ(that) she costs
إِحْنَا(that) we cost
إِنْتُو(that) you all cost
هُمَّ(that) they cost

How to use اِتْكَلِّف

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    الدِّهَان بِيِتْكَلِّف أَلْفِين جِنِيه.

    The painting costs two thousand pounds.

  2. Past

    السِّرِير اِتْكَلِّف أَكْتَر مِن المَفْرُوض.

    The cot cost more than it should have.

  3. Future

    التَّصْلِيح هَيِتْكَلِّف كَام, يَا أُسْطَى?

    How much will the repair cost, boss?

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة الفَرَح يِتْكَلِّف كِتِير.

    I don't want the wedding to cost a lot.

Good to know

  • اِتْكَلِّف is said of things, the repair cost, the flat cost; what a person paid is دَفَع.

Where you hear اِتْكَلِّف

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • التَّصْلِيح بِيِتْكَلِّف تَلاَت تَلاَف. The repair costs three thousand.
  • البَاب اِتْكَلِّف خَمَس تَلاَف فِي الآخِر. The door cost five thousand in the end.
  • الشَّقَّة هَتِتْكَلِّف أَكْتَر مِن كِدَه. The flat will cost more than that.
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Advanced Level 2 · هَيِتْكَلِّف كَام?

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